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At the time of publishing this blog post I’m in Marrakesh with my family about to start month three of our travels! So I’m very grateful to once again publish an article from a guest blogger. This week’s post comes from Dr Matt Tomlinson a research scientist who has over a decade of lab work… Continue Reading

I think enough time has gone by to introduce another Lisa Genova book, right? We read Still Alice back in July 2013, and I’ve been dying to read another of her books since. My choice for the May Walking Book Club is … Lisa Genova’s second neurologically-inspired novel Left Neglected. Sarah Nickerson is like any… Continue Reading

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been headline news this January. As I’m writing this, Michael Schumacher is still in a medically induced coma after suffering a traumatic brain injury skiing. And here in Sydney, we’re all reeling after the death of a teenager, Daniel Christie, who tragically had his life support switched off last week.… Continue Reading

If you suffer a brain injury, neurons become damaged beyond repair. And, really, we are still many years away from understanding how the brain can rewire itself after injury. That’s what the #loveyourbrain campaign is all about, right? Well, I’d like to share with you exciting news from old colleagues of mine from my days… Continue Reading

Have you have heard of US champion snowboarder Kevin Pearce? I’d say over the next few weeks we’ll all hear more about him and the movie “The Crash Reel” which follows Kevin after he suffers a debilitating brain injury while training for the Olympics. #LOVEYOURBRAIN #LoveYourBrain is the outreach campaign born from The Crash Reel… Continue Reading